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Janina Faye is a Actor born on 16 april 1948

Janina Faye

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Birth name Janina Smigelska
Birth 16 april 1948 (75 years)

Janina Faye (born Janina Smigelska in 1948, London, UK) is an English actress and director. She is a daughter of Florence Louisa Jonathan and Jan Smigielski. Her father was a Polish Air Force ace from Squadron 303 during the Battle of Britain.

She began her career as an actress in 1956 and includes theatre and television work in addition to many film appearances. In 1971, she appeared in an episode of Doctor at Large. She appeared in several major fantasy and horror films when she was very young, such as Hammer Films' original version of Dracula (1958), Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) and The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960).

In 1998, she teamed up with director Paul Cotgrove and Hammer co-star Ingrid Pitt to make the short British horror film Green Fingers, a story about a spinster whose garden has strange properties with an ability to grow anything, even things that are no longer living. She often appears at signings and seems proud of her early association with such important British films.

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Filmography of Janina Faye (12 films)

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The Smashing Bird I Used to Know, 1h35
Directed by Robert Hartford-Davis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, LGBT-related films, Women in prison films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Maureen Lipman, Patrick Mower, Dennis Waterman, Renée Asherson, David Lodge, Faith Brook
Roles Susan
Rating49% 2.491122.491122.491122.491122.49112
Nine-year-old Nicki Johnson attends a funfair with her parents. Her father takes her on a merry-go-round ride, where Nicki becomes frightened. Attempting to reach over to comfort her, her father instead falls from the ride and is crushed to death in its machinery. The tragedy leaves Nicki traumatised, particularly as in its aftermath she overhears comments suggesting that she was to blame for what happened, which leave her with a permanent sense of guilt.
The Beauty Jungle, 1h50
Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Ian Hendry, Janette Scott, Edmund Purdom, Ronald Fraser, Jean Claudio, Kay Walsh
Roles Elaine Freeman
Rating59% 2.9554652.9554652.9554652.9554652.955465
While on a seaside holiday a young typist is persuaded by a local journalist to enter a beauty contest. When she wins, she decides to give up her previous career and life and take up entering the contests full-time.
The Day of the Triffids, 1h33
Directed by Freddie Francis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Giant monster films, Political films, Dystopian films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Howard Keel, Kieron Moore, Janette Scott, Nicole Maurey, Mervyn Johns, Carole Ann Ford
Roles Susan - Child on the Train
Rating61% 3.050323.050323.050323.050323.05032
Triffids are tall plants capable of aggressive and seemingly intelligent behaviour. They are able to move about by "walking" on their roots, appear to communicate with each other, and possess a deadly whip-like poisonous sting that enables them to kill their victims and feed on their rotting carcasses. Their appearance is vaguely similar to gigantic asparagus shoots topped with a flower-like 'head' that somewhat resemble a Vanda Miss Joaquim orchid and houses their deadly stinger.
The Hands of Orlac, 1h35
Directed by Edmond T. Gréville
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors Mel Ferrer, Dany Carrel, Christopher Lee, Felix Aylmer, Lucile Saint-Simon, Donald Wolfit
Roles Child
Rating56% 2.8048052.8048052.8048052.8048052.804805
Pianiste célèbre, Stephen Orlac subit une opération chirurgicale des mains après avoir été victime d'un accident d'avion. Quelques mois plus tard, il se rend compte qu'il n'est plus en mesure de jouer comme auparavant et il finit par se convaincre que les mains d'un autre ont été greffées à la place des siennes. Désemparé, il s'enfuit alors qu'il séjourne sur la Côte d'Azur en compagnie de sa fiancée, Louise. Installé dans un hôtel marseillais, il devient la proie d'un couple, Li-Lang, chanteuse, et Néron, son amant.
The Hands of Orlac, 1h45
Directed by Edmond T. Gréville
Origin France
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Mel Ferrer, Christopher Lee, Lucile Saint-Simon, Dany Carrel, Felix Aylmer, Basil Sydney
Roles Child
Rating56% 2.8048052.8048052.8048052.8048052.804805
Pianiste célèbre, Stephen Orlac subit une opération chirurgicale des mains après avoir été victime d'un accident d'avion. Quelques mois plus tard, il se rend compte qu'il n'est plus en mesure de jouer comme auparavant et il finit par se convaincre que les mains d'un autre ont été greffées à la place des siennes. Désemparé, il s'enfuit alors qu'il séjourne sur la Côte d'Azur en compagnie de sa fiancée, Louise. Installé dans un hôtel marseillais, il devient la proie d'un couple, Li-Lang, chanteuse, et Néron, son amant.
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger, 1h21
Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Patrick Allen, Felix Aylmer, Gwen Watford, Janina Faye, Niall MacGinnis, Alison Leggatt
Roles Jean Carter
Rating73% 3.69253.69253.69253.69253.6925
The film is set in a small Canadian town to which the British Carter family (Peter, Sally and 9-year-old daughter Jean) have just moved, following Peter's appointment as school principal. One night Jean appears restless and disturbed, and confides to her parents that earlier that day while playing in a local wood, she and her friend, Lucille, went into the house of an elderly man who asked them to remove their clothes and dance naked before him in return for some candy, which they did and Jean doesn't believe they did anything wrong. But her parents are appalled by what they hear and decide to file a complaint. The accused man, Clarence Olderberry Sr., is however the doyen of the wealthiest, most highly regarded and influential family in town and matters conspire to turn against the Carters as the townspeople start to close rank against the newcomers. The police chief casts doubt on Jean's story, while Olderberry's son warns the Carters that if they pursue the matter through the legal system, he will ensure that Jean's evidence and trustworthiness will be torn to shreds in court.
Room at the Top, 1h55
Directed by Jack Clayton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit, Hermione Baddeley, Donald Houston
Roles Young Girl (uncredited)
Rating74% 3.743233.743233.743233.743233.74323
In late 1940s Yorkshire, England, Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey), an ambitious young man who has just moved from the dreary factory town of Dufton, arrives in Warnley, to assume a secure, but poorly paid, post in the Borough Treasurer's Department. Determined to succeed, and ignoring the warnings of a colleague, Soames (Donald Houston), he is drawn to Susan Brown (Heather Sears), daughter of the local industrial magnate, Mr. Brown (Donald Wolfit). He deals with Joe's social climbing by sending Susan abroad; Joe turns for solace to Alice Aisgill (Simone Signoret), an unhappily married older woman who falls in love with him.
The Headless Ghost
Directed by Peter Graham Scott
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Clive Revill, Jack Allen, Mary Barclay, Janina Faye, Fred Haggerty
Roles Veronica (Uncredited)
Rating43% 2.173482.173482.173482.173482.17348
Some teenagers - two American exchange students and a Danish girl - visit an old English castle. They discover a ghost.
Dracula
Dracula (1958)
, 1h22
Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Dracula films, Vampires in film
Actors Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Gough, Melissa Stribling, Carol Marsh, Miles Malleson
Roles Tania
Rating72% 3.600133.600133.600133.600133.60013
In May 1885, Jonathan Harker arrives at the castle of Count Dracula near Klausenburg (Cluj), to take up his post as librarian. Inside, he is startled by a young woman who claims she is a prisoner and begs for his help. Dracula then appears to greet Harker and guide him to his room, where he locks him in. Jonathan starts to write in his diary, and his true intentions are revealed: he is a vampire hunter and has come to kill Dracula.
The Story of Esther Costello, 1h43
Directed by David Miller
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Joan Crawford, Rossano Brazzi, Heather Sears, Lee Patterson, June Clyde, Bessie Love
Roles Esther Costello, as a child
Rating63% 3.1989553.1989553.1989553.1989553.198955
With her marriage to womaniser Carlo Landi (Rossano Brazzi) in ashes, wealthy and childless Margaret Landi (Joan Crawford) finds an emotional outlet in patronizing a 15-year-old deaf, dumb, and blind Irish girl named Esther Costello (Heather Sears). Esther's disabilities are the result of a childhood trauma and are psychosomatic rather than physical. As Costello makes progress with Braille and sign language, she is seen as an example of triumph over adversity. Carlo gets wind of Margaret's new life and re-enters the scene. He views Esther as a source of cheap financial gain and arranges a series of exploitative tours for her under a mercenary manager Frank Wenzel (Ron Randell). One day when Margaret is absent from the Landi apartment, Carlo seduces and rapes the now 16-year-old Esther. The shock restores the girl's sight and hearing. When Margaret learns of her husband's business duplicities and the rape, she consigns Esther to the care of a priest and a young reporter who loves her (Lee Patterson). Margaret then kills Carlo and herself.
The Adventures of Hal 5, 57minutes
Directed by Don Sharp
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Actors John Glyn-Jones, David Morrell, Edwin Richfield, Janina Faye, Martin Boddey, William Russell
Roles Moira
Rating63% 3.1633353.1633353.1633353.1633353.163335
Hal 5, an old car, is discovered by two children and purchased by their uncle, a vicar (William Russell).